OlderRhys-Meyers Makes King Henry VIII Sexy
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers will soon be starring as Young Henry VIII in a new Showtime drama series called The Tudors. The 29-year-old Golden Globe winner brings forth a new King Henry VIII — a hyper-sexed heart-throb. JRM will storm the small screen in Tudors starting April 1. Watch out for it!
Says Showtime Entertainment President Robert Greenblatt: “Jonathan Rhys-Meyers is one of the hottest young movie stars working today and his incredible range as an actor, playing everything from historical figures to Elvis Presley, makes him an immensely thrilling choice to play this new, younger incarnation of the most infamous King ever to rule Great Britain. As a producer of ‘Elvis,’ I had the chance to get to know Jonathan and see him craft a performance of a character that many doubted could be honestly or sensitively portrayed. He is one of the most talented rising film stars working today and his desire to do this series in the midst of his movie career catching fire is indicative of that great U.K. tradition where actors sign on to projects that they fall in love with.”
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First promo video of The Tudors starring JRM
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He is such a bad actor. I was absolutely cringing watching the previews for this. It was even worse that they used a dreadful Evanescence song in the promos *cringes*
He’s hot!
There’s going to be a new exhibition at Hampton Court Palace in the summer all about Henry VIII when he was a young man. It’s not as sensationalised as this movie, but is still full of surprises. As others have noted, Henry was tall, athletic and extremely eligible - apparently he had particularly attractive legs! He was married to his first wife for 20 happy years. He wrote music and poetry, enjoyed hunting and jousting as well as being pretty darn intelligent and educated. As for how sexy he was…just go and take a look at the size of his cod-piece (in the Tower of London) for eye-popping proof! Judging from some of these photos myabe JRM is the right choice after all.
This is not an accurate history. The costumes, dialog, sensibilities and hairstyles are way too modern.
Enjoy it for what it is, a sexy soap opera “based on” stories about Henry VIII.
Um… history girrl…. codpieces of the era were padded and decorated for showing off. They don’t represent actual, er, size. As a matter of fact, contemporaries of the time often wrote about the outsized pieces as being compensation for inadequacies. Just like padded bras do today.
I notice the inaccurate costuming for the show has eliminated codpieces on the costumes the men are wearing.
Mimi…even with padding, you can’t make mountains out of molehills!
why is it on showtime.
that limits peoples previewing of the show
do you have a grilfriend?
i think henery the 8th is very good as it,s give insight to the king in his his younger days.as a young strong indepdent,health ,man with a hyper se drive who enjoys life to its fulless.
and jothan ryhes myes dies him very well.and muscis is good too.
i mean jothan play him very well.he is quiet sexy and intellegent man.
the producer choose well for him for the roll.
He is so freaking sexy omg the only reason why i keep watching “Bend it like Beckham” is because he is in it….He is hot as hell in that movie….
he’s is so freaking sexy in the clubbing scene in bend it like beckham…hotter than the hottest part of hell
he makes me horny lol
I’m glad other people think that jonathan Rhys Meyers and Joaquin Pheonix look alike. To me there is no way they are not related. They must be brothers and if they don’t know it they should really concider a DNA test!
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